Gone Astray colt on a roll at Tampa Bay Downs

Gone Astray’s sixth winner of 2023 is a rare Illinois-bred – the 3-year-old colt Richiesonaroll.

Bred by Richard Ravin, Richiesonaroll made a strong 4-wide move on the turn in the six-furlong maiden race at Tampa Bay Downs, then proved easily best in the stretch, winning by 1 3/4 lengths in 1:10.58. It was another 8 1/4 lengths back to the third-place finisher. Richiesonaroll paid $3.40 as favorite and received an excellent ’91’ Equibase E speed figure for the effort, best of his seven-race career.

The colt’s first victory was worth $8,400 to Gerald Bennett and his Winning Stable, but Tampa’s perennial leading trainer lost Richiesonaroll for $16,000 after three other trainers dipped into the claiming box to try to halter him.